^22:1Then¹ the angel² showed me the river of the water of life—water as clear as crystal—pouring out³ from the throne of God and of the Lamb, ^22:2flowing down the middle of the city’s⁴ main street.⁵ On each side⁶ of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds⁷ of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year.⁸ Its leaves are for the healing of the nations. ^22:3And there will no longer be any curse,⁹ and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city.¹⁰ His¹¹ servants¹² will worship¹³ him, ^22:4and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ^22:5Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

A Final Reminder

^22:6Then¹⁴ the angel¹⁵ said to me, “These words are reliable¹⁶ and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants¹⁷ what must happen soon.”

^22:7(Look! I am coming soon!

Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.)¹⁸

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Footnotes

1 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
2 Grk “he”; the referent (the angel mentioned in 21:9, 15) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 Grk “proceeding.” Water is more naturally thought to pour out or flow out in English idiom.
4 Grk “its”; the referent (the city, the new Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 The Greek word πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to a major (broad) street (L&N 1.103).
6 Grk “From here and from there.”
7 Or “twelve crops” (one for each month of the year).
8 The words “of the year” are implied.
9 Or “be anything accursed” (L&N 33.474).
10 Grk “in it”; the referent (the city, the new Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 Grk “city, and his.” Although this is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, a new sentence was started here in the translation because of the introduction of the Lamb’s followers.
12 See the note on the word “servants” in .
13 Or “will serve.”
14 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
15 Grk “he”; the referent (the angel mentioned in 21:9, 15; 22:1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
16 Grk “faithful.”
17 See the note on the word “servants” in .
18 These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator.